When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
Samuel Butler

When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!
Richard Grant

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!
Jeremy Spencer

When my daughter asks, 'What do you do?', every movie I have a different answer. As she grows, she wants more explanations.
Michelle Williams

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.
Leslie Fiedler

When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?
Lisa Loeb

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
Erma Bombeck

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.
Joe E. Lewis

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
Virgil

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
Homer

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.
Anna Held

You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons - to reduce casualties, perhaps - and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a 'good' outcome.
Peter Singer

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.
Marquis de Sade